diff --git a/test/selfhost-ec2-create-test.js b/test/selfhost-ec2-create-test.js
index 02d0f6b..7dbe325 100644
--- a/test/selfhost-ec2-create-test.js
+++ b/test/selfhost-ec2-create-test.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe('Selfhost EC2 Cloudron creation', function () {
     var ec2 = new AWS.EC2({ accessKeyId: AWS_ACCESS_KEY, secretAccessKey: AWS_ACCESS_SECRET, region: EC2_REGION });
 
     var owner = common.getOwner();
-    var cloudron, appId, backupInfo, instanceId, newInstanceId, updatedInstanceId;
+    var cloudron, appId, backupInfo, instanceId, newInstanceId;
 
     it('can create a cloudron', function () {
         var params = [
@@ -201,10 +201,6 @@ describe('Selfhost EC2 Cloudron creation', function () {
             console.error(out.stdout, out.stderr);
             assert(false, 'Update failed');
         }
-
-        updatedInstanceId = out.stdout.split('\n').filter(function (l) { return l.indexOf('ID: ') !== -1; })[0].split(':')[1].trim();
-
-        console.log('New instance created with ID', updatedInstanceId);
     });
 
     it('runs the app', function () {
@@ -223,20 +219,9 @@ describe('Selfhost EC2 Cloudron creation', function () {
         cloudron.checkMail(owner, done);
     });
 
-    // check this after activation
-    xit('has setup DNS records correctly', function (done) {
-        async.series([
-            // cloudron.checkA.bind(cloudron), // this is at user's discretion
-            cloudron.checkSPF.bind(cloudron),
-            cloudron.checkDKIM.bind(cloudron),
-            cloudron.checkMX.bind(cloudron),
-            // cloudron.checkDMARC.bind(cloudron)
-        ], done);
-    });
-
     it('can delete the cloudron', function (done) {
         var params = {
-            InstanceIds: [ instanceId, newInstanceId, updatedInstanceId ]
+            InstanceIds: [ instanceId, newInstanceId ]
         };
 
         ec2.terminateInstances(params, done);